EDU 221 Module 1
All classes are 8:00-11:30, Tues & ThursTechnology Commons Room 104unless otherwise noted

Projects in this module:

Projects in progress the whole semester:

Resource:

T 9/15

  1. positive specific feedback and critiquing
  2. prep for practice poster session
    1. draw names
    2. awkward silence
    3. what's your ending?
    4. handouts
  3. sign up for a time on Friday to meet with me about your laptop et.al.
  4. Meaningful Engaged Learning follow up
  5. Comic Life introduction
  6. GarageBand introduction
  7. Atomic Learning resource for movies (and everything else)
  8. 9:40-9:55 rearrange the room, take a break
  9. 10:00-11:00 poster session practice
  10. make notes to yourself of changes/improvements you want to make before ACTEM
  11. fill out team slip
  12. get your iPad ready to turn in
  13. Good night iPad
Due

Work in Progress
W 9/16
11:45-1:00
Kate Foster's All-Campus Presentation
Lincoln Auditorium

Th 9/17

  1. feedback sandwiches
  2. wrap up of Emerging Technology Unit
    1. look for same criteria in Wes Fryer's chapters
    2. UMF's Technology Petting Zoo
    3. ISTE standards for Teachers
  3. Intel Teach--resources for your UbD unit
  4. Technology Skills Survey
  5. copyright and fair use follow up
  6. finish Meaningful Engaged Learning follow up
  7. Comic Life introduction
  8. GarageBand introduction
Due

Work in Progress
  • MEL presentation (see the MEL WebQuest for details on this performance task)
F 9/18
Team Time--the Mac lab is reserved 8:00-11:30 (plus it's open 11:45-1:00) for you to work individually or in groups on practicum projects
Today you will have your appointment with me and we will meet in the lab

T 9/22

  1. feedback on your feedback on iPad presentations
  2. MEL presentations
  3. add your MEL presentation to your MEL page in your Kit
  4. applying what you've learned about learning styles
  5. office hours rescheduled this week from Tuesday to Wednesday
  6. complete the MEL reflection
  7. BREAK
  8. MEL reflection
  9. introduction to performance task and student sample
    1. What It Is, Hamlet
  10. and "pre-requisite skills" list
Due
  • MEL presentation (see the MEL WebQuest for details on this performance task) ready to go and linked to artifacts wiki
  • bring a printout of any visible text from your MEL presentation to turn in to Dr. Theresa right before it's your turn to present
  • if necessary, modify your Wes Fryer chapter 4 blog to correctly identify Creative Commons--what it is and how you might use it

Work in Progress
  • Wes Fryer chapters

Th 9/24

  1. copyright news--thanks, Emily!
  2. MEL WebQuest feedback
      1. refining your projects
      2. how to use feedback to improve work without totally re-doing the projects
      3. what if partner doesn't want to?
  3. feedback on your feedback
  4. add your MEL product to your classroom management kit
  5. MEL WebQuest conclusion
  6. blog and kit notes
  7. humor in the classroom
    1. add humor to your classroom management kit
  8. finalize CM textbook chapters, teams, title, etc.
  9. peer feedback on rubrics
  10. any Excel issues? do all the columns fit in one page across?
  11. ongoing edits on rubrics, especially as you finish your student sample; bring new & improved versions on Tuesday with your student sample
  12. taking good notes while you make the student sample
  13. diversity activity
    1. CooperativeIcon.pngInspiration Gallery Walk
Due

Work in Progress
F 9/25
Team Time--the Mac lab is reserved 8:00-11:30 (plus it's open 11:45-1:00) for you to work individually or in groups on practicum projects

T 9/29

  1. what kind of feedback would you like on your student sample?
  2. student sample presentations
  3. student sample reflection
  4. --break--
  5. field trip to the photocopier in the Ed Center (to make copies of rubric feedback)
  6. Wes Fryer explores communication tools; don't forget information tools (look at homework)
  7. Fires in the Bathroom
  8. finalize CM textbook chapters, title, etc.
    1. your chapter text and graphic(s) due in 1 week; you'll want to do it in 6 days instead so it's done by Monday morning before your first seminar--email me if you need a personalized deadline of Tuesday morning
Due
  • student sample
    • student sample product file should be linked to class artifacts wiki
    • bring printouts of your 2 rubrics to class (the final versions...incorporate feedback from peers and updates from your student sample experience)
    • bring a printout of any visible text from your student sample
  • post your "pre-requisite skills" list to the artifacts wiki

Work in Progress

Th 10/1

  1. TIM Introductions
  2. add MEL and Student Sample to the ISTE Standards for Teachers paper
  3. form teams with the three communication tool types spread among the teams and share your findings
  4. ISTE Standards for Students
    1. just do Part 1
  5. revisit the syllabus on Busy Work, Grading Blog Entries, Reassessing Work, and what does "On Time" really mean?
  6. I'll have student sample feedback taped to my office door by 8am tomorrow for you to pick up before or after seminar
  7. Blackboard
  8. backing up your data
  9. add a labels gadget to your blog; customize its appearance
  10. add a text gadget with a citation for Wes Fryer's book
  11. posting URL and setting the share settings on your textbook chapter; check your filename; put title and author at top of document; what will chapter name be--keep it positive
  12. look at calendar of Fridays & deadlines coming up plus what to expect in Module 2
    1. how's your digital story, movie, comic, audio going?
    2. more opportunities to come: hook or mini-student sample for Dr. Grace lesson presentation, textbook chapter presentation, out in the field, final reflection for either Dr. Grace or me,...
  13. more on Classroom Management Kits
    1. brief baby introduction to html
    2. Scorpion closing credits
    3. GearIcon.pnga look at the wikitext editor
    4. look at wikispaces widgets
Due

Work in Progress
  • CM Textbook chapter
  • CM Kit
F 10/2
Team Time--the Mac lab is reserved 8:00-1:00 for you to work individually or in groups on practicum projects (come before or after seminar)

M 10/5

email me if you need a personalized deadline of Tuesday morning
Due
  • the text, at least one graphic, and the citations of your CM Textbook Chapter
F 10/9
After Beth's seminar, come to Dr. Theresa's office to check out your iPad. Team Time--the Mac Lab is available for you both before and after Beth's seminar until 1:00

F 10/16
ACTEM! See you at 5:30am in the Computer Center Parking Lot

F 10/23
Team Time--the Mac lab is reserved 8:00-1:00 for you to work individually or in groups on practicum projects (come before or after seminar)

While you're in the schools:

Module Two projects that you can be working on if you want to get ahead: